BOSTON -
Redshirt junior Taryn VanThof tied her already single-game school record by winning 15 draw controls Saturday afternoon at Boston University, leading the No. 14 Loyola University Maryland women’s lacrosse team to a 19-8 win over the Terriers at Nickerson Field.

VanThof also won 15 draw controls in a 22-12 win over Lafayette in the team’s Patriot League opener on Saturday, March 15, while the win clinches the Greyhounds at least a share of the Patriot League regular season title and a first-round bye.

For Boston University (6-8, 4-3), Ally Adams had four points on three goals and one assist, while Lindsay Weiner added two goals and one assist. Mallory Collins, Jill Horka and Elizabeth Morse all tacked on one goal.

VanThof won the opening draw control and Schmitt turned it into a goal just 16 seconds into play. Annie Thomas then gave the Greyhounds a 2-0 advantage at 24:47.

Boston University responded with two of their own goals, tying the game at 2-2, but a 5-1 Loyola run would push the Greyhounds ahead, 7-3, with 14:16 left to play in the opening half. Burke scored the first goal of the run at 22:40, before Annie Thomas netted her second of the day at 22:17. Following a Terriers goal at 20:05, Schmitt became the 23rd Greyhound in program history to notch 100 career goals, scoring at 16:04. Burke had Loyola’s next goal at 15:10 and Annie Thomas recorded her 15th career hat trick, and fifth of the season, at 14:16.

The Terriers recorded back-to-back goals at 10:49 and 8:13, but Sydney Thomas found the back of the net at 7:34 and Paton closed out the scoring in the half with two goals at 3:56 and 1:15, giving Loyola a 10-5 halftime advantage.

Annie Thomas assisted Paton at 29:36 to get the second-half scoring started, marking Paton’s 28th career hat trick, but two-straight Terrier goals pulled BU within four, 11-7, with 27:04 on the clock.

After a series of yellow cards, Paton assisted Schmitt at 25:40, but the Terriers won the next draw control and scored within 11 seconds to move the score to 12-8.

The Greyhounds then went on a seven-goal run to close out the game though, putting it out of reach for Boston University. Paton netted her fourth of the day at 23:30, assisted by Sydney Thomas, and VanThof scored her lone goal after winning her 13th draw control, at 23:19. Habicht from Sydney Thomas gave Loyola a 15-8 advantage at 18:34, followed by a goal from Hulseman, assisted by Paton, at 15:15. Blakeman then notched a goal at 14:41, before Clark netted her first career goal at 12:43. Whiteford closed out the scoring in the game with a goal at 10:51.

Paton led the defense with three ground balls and two caused turnovers, while senior Molly Dickerson and Annie Thomas had three ground balls each.

In goal, sophomore Molly Wolf earned two saves in 34:31 minutes of play, while freshman Taylor Caldwell played 25:29 minutes and stopped two shots without giving up one goal.